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Plasma Hydrocortisone in Mental Diseases

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

P. S. Lingjærde
P. S. Lingjærde*
Affiliation:
Clinical Laboratory, Drammen Hospital, Drammen, Norway
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The literature contains only a few reports on plasma 17-hydroxycorticosteroids (17-OHCS) in mental patients (Bliss, Migeon, Branch and Samuels, 1955; Freeman, Steed, Hoegemeier, Wheeler, Savage and Wadeson, 1956; Board, Wadeson and Persky, 1957; Hoagland and Freeman, 1959). According to these investigators the mean values in schizophrenic patients do not differ significantly from values found in normal subjects.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 110 , Issue 466 , May 1964 , pp. 423 - 432
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1964 

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